Door-hanger.



C. T. WESTLIN & G. S. ELLITHORPE..

DOOR HANGER.

H/I YIVESSE ttt) CARL yTOIEtSUJIIN WESTLIN, OF ARLINGTON, AND GILBERT SAMMONS ELLITHORPE,

MAPLEWOOD, NEW JERSEY.

DOOR-HANGER.

Spectcation of Letters Patent.

Patented Ang. 6, 1912.

Application tiled March 8. 1912. Serial No. 682,347.

T o all 'wv/tom it 'may concern:

` Be .it known that. we, CARL Tons'rlcN lVns'rLiN and (lrlLmnrr SAMuoNs ELLI- 'rrnuutn citizens ot Sweden and ot the United States, respectively, residing at Arlington, in the. county ot'tll'udson, and Maplewood, in the county ot' Essex,lresp'ectively, both in the State ot New Jersey, have invented new and uset'ul Improvements in Door- Hangers. ot' which the following is a specification.

(lur present inyention pertains to door hangers; and its novelty, ntililtyand/practical advantages will be fully, understood from the following description and claims when the same are read in connection with the drawings, accompanying and forming part ot' this specification, in which:`

ltigure 1 is a front elevation illustrative of a door hanger constructed in accordance with our invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail taken at a right-angle to Fig. 1, and .showing some parts in vertical cross-section, and other parts in elevation.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in both views of the drawings.

ln the best practical embodiment ot' our invention of which we are cognizant, we 'prefer to etlect connection of the slidable door l to angularly-disposedportions 2 at the lower ends of spaced hanger straps 3 through the medium of adjustable bolts L1. 'We would have it clearly understofnl, however, that. the door may be connected with the hanger straps in any other approved manner without involving departure from the scope of our claimed invention.

The hanger straps il are connected in suitable manner as b v screws 5 to the member (l that moves at all times with the door 1, and it will also be noted here that the hanger straps are hooked or disposed above the member 6, as indicated by T vand best show n in Fig. 2, this being advantageous since 1t places the weight of the door directly on the top of the movable member 6 and takes such weight ott' the means connectlng the straps 3 and the member 6.

By dpreference the .member 6 1s formed 1n one plece and comprises an outer body portion, an upwardly extendme inner portion 8 and a downwardly extending inner portion 9, all of which portions extend throughout the length of the member.

our invention without departure from the spirit thereof, though vwe prefer to form it integral with a body plate 11 that is arranged against and tixedly connected to a stationary support 12; the rail l() and the body plate 11 being joined by a reduced portion 13 which preferably extends throughout the length of both. y i

Located between the opposed portions of the movable member G and the rail 10 is a roller separator plate 1l, equipped, by pre-t'- erence, at its outer side with a rounded projection 15, the function of which is to reduce the contact surt'ace between the plate 14 and the member 6, should the plate come into contact with the movable member.

Suitably connected with the separator or plate 14 (preferably by being loosely mount-` ed on .spindles 1G that extend laterally in ward trom the separator) are lower anlifriction rollers 1T and upper anti-friction rollers 18; the rollers 17 being interposed between the n'lovable-member portion 8 and the underside of the rail l0, and the rollers 18 being interposed between the upper movable-member portion 9 and the upper side ot the rail 10. By virtue of this latter relative arrangement it will be manifest that all o't' the weight otl the door is placed directly on the upper rollers 1S and through the same alone on the fixed rail 10, and thatin consequence no weight or strain is placed on the connections between the upper rollers 1G and the 'separator 15.

By reference to Fig. 9. it will be observed that the fixed rail l0 is made convex at its upper and lower sides on a radius equal to one-halt its depth, and that the movablemember portions 8 and 9 and the anti-triction rollers 17 are curved in the direction ofthe thickness of the hanger contormably to the convex sides of the rail l0. This materially advantageous, inasmuch as 1t renders the hanger self-alining--zl e., the movable member portions 8 and 9 and the rollers 17 and 18 can swing on the said convex sides to adjust themselves to the hanging of the door, and hence the hanger does not have to be lined up accurately when it is put in place in order to assure lts working evenly and smoothly. The importance of this feature will be better appreciated when it is borne in mind that practically all of the high-class door hangers extant have to be carefully hung and adjusted. The hanger is also materially advantageous because of its simplicity, the small amount of friction that attends its use, and the adaptability of the movable member and the fixed rail to be formed by cold rolled or drawn sect-ions. From this it follows that the .manufacturing cost of the hanger will be very low; the operations necessary to the production of the lixed rail and the movable member consisting merely in cutconvex sides that describe arcs of the same circle, anti-friction rollers disposed against the upper and lower sides of said rail and concaved in the direction of their length conforinably to said sides, a separator connected with said rollers and having a rounded projection on its outer side, a movable member arranged opposite the outer side ot said separator and contacting with the said rounded projection thereof and having an inwardly and downwardly directed portion bearing directly lon the upper roller and convexly and transversely curved conformably thereto, and also having an inwardly and upwardly directed portion bearing against the lower roller and convexly and transversely curved conforinably thereto, and a hanger strap connected with the outer side of and depending fromA the movable member and having a hook-shaped portion that extends above the upper side of the movable member and beyond the vertical center thereofand bears on said movable member.

It will also be noted l 2. doorhanger comprising a body plate, a fixed rail integral with said body plate and joined thereto by a reduced portion and having upper and lower convex "separator and having an inwardly and downwardly directed portion bearing directly on the upper roller and convexly and transversely curved conformably thereto, and also having an inwardly andupwardly directed portion bearing against the lower roller and convexly and transversely curved conformably thereto, and a hanger strap connected with the outer side ot and depending from the movable member andlvhaving a hook-shaped portion that extends above the upper-side of the movable member and beyond the vertical center thereof and bears 'on said movable member.

3. A door hanger comprising a suitably supported and fixed rail having upper and lower convex sides that describe arcs of the same circle, anti-friction rollers disposed against the upper and lower sides of said rail and concaved in the direction of their length conformably to said sides, a separator connected with said rollers, amovable member arranged opposite the outer side of said separator and having an inwardly and downwardly directed portion 'bearing directly on the upper roller and convexly and transversely curved conforrnably thereto, and also having an inwardly and upwardly directedportion bearing directly against the lower roller and conveXly and transversely curved conformably thereto, and means for effecting connection of a door with said movable member.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in presence of two subscribing witnesses. j CARL TURSTEN WESTLN.

GILBERT SAMMONS ELLTHORPE. Witnesses An'ror: Grenier-i, JACOB T. GGLDBERG, 

